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ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif | |||
ATU 1200 Sowing Salt | AT 1200 Planting Salt | J1932.3. Sowing salt to produce salt | |||
J1932.1. Numskulls sow cooked grain. | |||||
J1932.2. Sowing cheese to bring forth a cow | |||||
J1932.4. Planting a hog in order to grow pigs. | |||||
ATU 1201 Carrying the Horse | AT 1201 The Protecting the Planted Field | J2163. Carrying the plow horse so as not to tramp up the field | |||
ATU 1202 The Dangerous Sickle | AT 1202 Harvesting Grain with a Cannon | J2196. Grain shot down with guns | |||
ATU 1210 Cow is Taken to the Roof to Graze | AT 1210 Grazing the Cow on the Roof | J1904.1. Cow (hog) taken to roof to graze. | |||
ATU 1213 The Pent Cuckoo | AT 1213 The Pent Cuckoo | J1904.2. The pent cuckoo. | |||
ATU 1214 The Persuavive Auctioner | AT 1214 The Persuavive Auctioner | J2087. The persuasive auctioneer. | |||
ATU 1215 The Miller, His Son, and the Donkey | AT 1215 The Man, the Boy, and their Donkey | J1041.2. Miller, his son, and the ass: trying to please everyone. | |||
J1041. Impossibility of pleasing everyone. | |||||
ATU 1218 Numskull Sits on Eggs to Finish Hatching | AT 1218 Peasant Hatches Eggs | J1902.1. Numskull sits on eggs to finish the hatching. | |||
K1253. The general hatches out an egg | |||||
ATU 1225 The man without a head | J2381. Question: did the man ever have a head? | ||||
ATU 1227 Catching the squirrel | AT 1227 Jumping After a Squirrel | J2661.3. One woman to catch squirrel; the other to get the cooking pot. | |||
ATU 1229 If the Wolf's Tail Breaks | AT 1229 Holding a Wolf by the Tail | X1133.3.2. If the wolf's tail breaks. | |||
ATU 1231 The Attack on the Hare (Crayfish) | AT 1231 Planning an Attack on a Hare | J2612. The attack on the hare (crayfish | |||
ATU 1240 Cutting off the branch | AT 1240 Fool Cuts off Branch He is Sitting on | J2133.4. Numskull cuts off tree-limb on which he sits. | |||
ATU 1241A Pulling Out the Tree | AT 1241A Tying Up a Cliff | na | |||
ATU 1242 Loading wood | AT 1242 Loading the wood | J2213.4. If the horse can pull one load he can pull two | |||
ATU 1242A Relief for the Donkey | AT 1242A Carrying the Load to the Spare Horse | J1874.1. Rider takes the meal-sack on his shoulder to relieve the ass of his burden | |||
ATU 1244 Trying to Stretch the Beam | AT 1244 Stretching the Bench | J1964.1. Trying to stretch the beam. | |||
ATU 1245 Sunlight carried in a bag into the windowless house | AT 1245 Carrying the Sunlight Into a Windowless House | J2123. Sunlight carried into windowless house in baskets. | |||
ATU 1248 Tree-Trunks Laid Crosswise on a Sledge | AT 1248 Loading a Beam Crosswise in a Wagon | J1964. Tree-trunks laid crosswise of the sledge. | |||
ATU 1250 The Human Chain | AT 1250 A Human Well Rope | J2133.5. Men hang down in a chain until top man spits on his hands. | |||
ATU 1250A Hampers Pilled Up to Measure Tower | AT 1250A Building a Ladder of Boxes | J2133.6.1. Measuring the tower by piling up hampers | |||
ATU 1255 A hole to throw the earth in | AT 1255 Digging a Hole to Bury a Pile of Earth | J1934. A hole to throw the earth in. | |||
ATU 1260 The porridge in the ice hole | AT 1260 Making Porridge in a Whirlpool | J1938. Porridge in the ice hole | |||
ATU 1263 The Porridge Eaten in Different Rooms | AT 1263 Eating Porridge and Milk in Two Rooms | J2167. Porridge eaten in different rooms. | |||
ATU 1270 The Drying of the Candle | AT 1270 Drying Candles in the Oven | J2122. Candle put in the stove to dry: melts. | |||
ATU 1271C* Cloak Given to a Stone | AT 1271C* Cloak for a Tree | J1873.2. Cloak given to a stone to keep it warm. | |||
ATU 1276 Rowing without going forward | AT 1276 Rowing without going forward | J2164.1. Rowers pull in opposite directions. | |||
J2164.2. Rowing in a boat which is tied up. | |||||
ATU 1278 Marking the place on the boat | AT 1278 Marking the boat | J1922.1. Marking the place on the boat. | |||
ATU 1278 Marking the place on the boat | AT 1278* Hiding a Knife Beneath a Cloud (now ATU 1278) | J1922.2. Marking the place under the cloud. | |||
ATU 1281 Getting Rid of the Unknown Animal | AT 1281 Burning the Barn to Destroy an Animal | J2101. Getting rid of the cat. | |||
ATU 1281A Getting Rid of the Man-Eating Calf | AT 1281A The Man-Eating Cow | J1815. Did the calf eat the man? | |||
ATU 1284 Person Does Not Know Himself | AT 1284 Fool Does Not Know Himself | J2012. Person does not know himself. | |||
ATU 1286 Jumping into the Breeches | AT 1286 Jumping into Breeches | J2161.1. Jumping into the breeches. | |||
ATU 1287 Numskull unable to count their own number | AT 1287 Fools Cannot Count Themselves | J2031. Counting wrong by not counting oneself. | |||
ATU 1287 Numskull unable to count their own number | AT 1287 Fools Cannot Count Themselves | J2031.1. Numskulls count selves by sticking their noses in the sand. | |||
ATU 1288 Numskiulls Cannot Find Their Own Legs | AT 1288 Fools Cannot Find Their Own Legs | J2021. Numskulls cannot find their own legs. | |||
ATU 1290 Swimming in the Flax-field | AT 1290 Fool Mistakes a Flax Field For a Lake | J1821. Swimming (fishing) in the flax-field. | |||
ATU 1291 One Cheese Sent to Bring Back Another | AT 1291 Sending One Cheese After Another | J1881.1.2. One cheese sent after another | |||
ATU 1291B Filling the Cracks with Butter | AT 1291B Fool Greases Cracked Earth With Butter | J1871. Filling cracks with butter | |||
ATU 1291A Three-legged Pot Sent to Walk Home | AT 1291C Expecting a Table to Walk on Its Own Legs (now ATU 1291A) | J1881.1.3. Three-legged pot sent to walk home | |||
ATU 1294 Getting the Calf's Head out of the Pot | AT 1294 Beheading a Stuck Calf | J2113. Getting the calf's head out of the pot. | |||
ATU 1296 Fool's Errand | AT 1296 Fool's Errand | J2346. Fool's errand. | |||
ATU 1297* Jumping Into the River After Their Comrade | AT 1297* Fools Walk Into a River and Drown | J1832. Jumping into the river after their comrade. | |||
ATU 1305 Miser and His Gold | AT 1305B Miser and His Stolen Gold (now ATU 1305) | J1061.4. Miser's treasure stolen. | |||
ATU 1310 Drowning the crayfish as punishment | AT 1310 Drowning an Eel | K581.1. Drowning punishment for turtle (eel, crab). | |||
J1762.1.2. Crab mistaken for tailor. | |||||
ATU 1313 The Man Who Wanted to Commit Suicide | AT 1313 The Man who Thought He Was Dead | J2311.2. The "poisoned" pot. | |||
ATU 1313A The Man Takes Seriously the Prediction of Death | AT 1313A Prediction of Death is Taken Seriously | J2311.1. Numskull is told that he is to die when his horse breaks wind three times. | |||
J2311.1.4. Man believes he will die when he gets a scarlet thread on his coat. | |||||
J2311.4. The dead man speaks up | |||||
ATU 1314 Mistaking Harmless Objects for Dangerous Ones | AT 1315 Train is Taken for an Animal (now ATU 1314) | J1771.1. Big tree thought to be snake. | |||
ATU 1316 Mistaking One Animal for Another | AT 1316 Mistaking a Rabbit for a Sheep | J1757. Rabbit thought to be a cow | |||
J1755. Earthworm thought to be snake (or other monster). | |||||
J1754. Ass thought to be hare. | |||||
J1751. Dungbeetle thought to be bee. | |||||
ATU 1317 Blind Man and Elephant | AT NA | J1761.10. Blind men and elephant | |||
ATU 1318 Mistaking a Person (Animal, Object) for a Supernatural Being | AT 1318 Mistaking an Ordinary Object for a Ghost | J1782.1. Robber or dog in church thought to be a ghost. | |||
J1782.2. Dropping dough thought to be a ghost | |||||
J1782.8. Person in haunted house shoots off all his toes thinking they are ghosts. | |||||
ATU 1319 Pumpkin Sold as a Donkey's Egg | AT 1319 Fool Thinks a Pumpkin is a Horse's Egg | J1772.1. Pumpkin thought to be an ass's egg. | |||
ATU 1319A* Watch Mistake for the Devil's Eye | AT 1319A* Fools Mistake a Watch for a Ghost | J1781.2. Watch mistaken for the devil's eye. | |||
ATU 1319J* Fool Eats a Beetle Thinking it a Blueberry With Wings | AT 1319J* Fools Eat Beetles for Berries | J1761.11. Fool mistakes dung-beetles for fruit: eats them. | |||
ATU 1321 Fools frightened | AT 1321 Fools are Frightened | J2600. Cowardly fool | |||
ATU 1321C Fools are Frightened at the Humming of Bees | AT 1321C Fool is Frightened by Humming Bees | J2614.1. Fools are frightened at the humming of bees. | |||
ATU 1325A Fireplace Gives Too Much Heat | AT 1325A Moving the Fireplace | J2104. Moving the fireplac | |||
ATU 1326 Moving the church | AT 1326 Moving the church | J2328. The moving church tower. | |||
ATU 1327 Emptying the Flour Sack | AT 1327 Emptying a Bag of Meal | J2062.1. Which way the sheep shall return | |||
ATU 1328A* Oversalting the Soup | AT 1328A* Oversalted Soup | na | |||
ATU 1333 The Shepherd who Cried "Wolf!" too often | AT 1333 The Shepherd who Cried "Wolf!" too often | J2172.1. The shepherd who cried "Wolf!" too often | |||
ATU 1334 The Local Moon | AT 1334 The Local Moon | J2271.1. The local moon. | |||
ATU 1335 The Swallowed Moon | AT 1335 The Eaten Moon | J1791.1. Drinking the moon. | |||
ATU 1335A Catching the Moon | AT 1335A Rescuing the Moon | J1791.2. Rescuing the moon. | |||
ATU 1335* Setting Sun (Rising Sun) Mistaken for Fire | AT 1335* Fools Mistake Setting Sun for a Camp Fire | J1806. Setting sun mistaken for fire | |||
ATU 1336A Not Recognizing Own Reflection | AT 1336A Woman Does not Recognize Her Own Reflection | J1791.7. Man does not recognize his own reflection in the water. | |||
ATU 1339 Strange Foods | AT 1339 Fools Eating Unfamiliar Foods | J1732. Ignorance of certain foods. | |||
ATU 1339D Farmers are Unacquainted with Mustard | AT 1339D Fools Eat a Whole Portion of Pepper | J1742.3. Peasants in city inn order whole portion of mustard. | |||
ATU 1342 Warming Hands and Cooling Soup with the Same Breath | AT 1342 Hot and Cold with the Same Breath | NA | |||
ATU 1347 Living Crucifix Chosen | AT 1347 Fools Choose a Living Crucifix | J1738.2. Living crucifix chosen | |||
ATU 1347* The Statue's Father | AT 1347* The Statue's Father | NA | |||
ATU 1348 The Imaginative Boy | AT 1348 The Imaginative Boy | W211.2. "I surely saw a hundred wolves (snakes)." | |||
ATU 1349D* What is Intelligence? | AT 1349D* Tricking Someone into Hitting a Rock | NA |
ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 1350 The Soon-Consoled Widow | AT 1350 A Man Feigns Death to Test His Wife | H466. Feigned death to test wife's faithfulness. |
T231.3. Faithless widow ready to marry messenger who brings news of husband's death. | ||
ATU 1351 The silence wager | AT 1351 The silence wager | H1194.0.1. Task: causing silent person to speak. |
J2511. The silence wager. | ||
ATU 1352A The Tale-Telling Parrot | AT 1352A Parrot's Tales Prevents an Adultery | J551.1. Cocks who crow about mistress's adultery killed. |
K1591. Seventy tales of a parrot prevent a wife's adultery | ||
ATU 1353 The old woman as troublemaker | AT 1353 The old woman as the Devil's Helper | G303.10.5. Where the devil can't reach, he sends an old woman. |
K1085. Woman makes trouble between man and wife: the hair from his beard. | ||
ATU 1354 Death for the Old Couple | AT 1354 The Angel of Death and the Married Couple | J217.0.1. Unsatisfactory life preferred to death. |
J217.0.1.1. Trickster overhears man praying for death to take him | ||
K2065.1. Woman and sick husband. | ||
ATU 1355A The Lord Above the Lord Below | AT 1355A The Lord Above the Lord Below | K1525. The Lord above; the lord below. |
ATU 1355B "I Can See the Whole World!" | AT 1355B Farmer Seeks His Lost Calf Among Lovers | K1271.4. Adulteress tells lover "I can see the whole world." |
ATU 1355C The Lord Above Will Provide | AT 1355C The One Above Us Will Provide | K1271.5. The Lord above will provide. |
ATU 1358A Hidden Lover Buys Freedom from Discoverer | AT 1358A Devil Jumps from a Lover's Hiding Place | K1555.2. The devil in the barrel. |
K1554.1. Trickster sets fire to barrel of tow in which paramour is hidden | ||
K443.1. Hidden paramour buys freedom from discoverer. | ||
ATU 1358C Trickster Discovers Adultery | AT 1358C Exposing a Faithless Wife | K1571. Trickster discovers adultery: food goes to husband instead of paramour. |
ATU 1359C Husband Prepares to Castrate the Crucifix | AT 1359C Would-Be Lovers Pose as Naked Statues | K1558. The husband prepares to castrate the crucifix. |
ATU 1360C Old Hildebrand | AT 1360C Old Hildebrand | K1556. Old Hildebrand |
ATU 1361 The Flood | AT 1361 Three Lovers and a Hot Kiss | K1522. Husband in hanging tub to escape coming flood |
K1225. Lover given rump to kiss. | ||
K1577. Second lover burns paramour at window with hot iron. | ||
ATU 1362 The Snow-child (Modus Leibinc) | AT 1362 The Snow Child | J1532.1. The Snow-Child. |
ATU 1363 Tale of the Craddle | AT 1363 Lodgers Sleep with the Host's Wife and Daughter | K1345. Tale of the cradle. |
ATU 1365 The obstinate wife | AT 1365 The Obstinate Wife | miscellaneous tales |
ATU 1365A Wife Falls into a Stream | AT 1365A Seeking a Contrary Wife Upstream | T255.2. The obstinate wife sought for up-stream |
ATU 1365B Cutting with the Knife or the Scissors | AT 1365B Knife or Scissors? | T255.1. The obstinate wife: cutting with knife or scissors |
ATU 1365C Wife Insults the Husband as Lousy-Head | AT 1365C Woman Who Called Her Husband Lousy | T255.3. The obstinate wife: sign of the louse. |
ATU 1365E Quarrelsome Couple | AT 1365J* Asking by Opposites (now ATU 1365E) | NA |
ATU 1375 Who can Rule His Wife? | AT 1366A* Horse for a Husband Who Rules His House (now ATU 1375) | T252.1. Unsuccessful search for man who can rule his wife. |
ATU 1370 The Lazy Wife is Reformed | AT 1370 The Lazy Wife | W111.3.2. Cat beaten for not working |
ATU 1372 The Box on the Ears | AT 1372 Prescribing Blows | J2494. Getting a box on the ears. |
ATU 1372* The Wife's Disease | AT 1372* Prescribing Good Food | J1511.3. Eating cure becomes epidemic |
ATU 1373 The Weighed Cat | AT 1373 Weighing the Cat | J1611. The stolen meat and the weighed cat |
ATU 1375 Who Can Rule His Wife? | AT 1375 Search for a Husband Who Can Rule | T252.1. Unsuccessful search for man who can rule his wife. |
ATU 1377 Husband Locked Out | AT 1377 An Adulteress Locks Her Husband Out | K1511. The husband locked out. |
ATU 1378 The Marked Coat in the Wife's Room | AT 1378 A Present for a Mistress | K1543. The marked coat in the wife's room. |
ATU 1379 Wife Deceives Husband with Substitute Bedmate | AT 1379 Wife Takes the Place of Her Husbands Lover | K1843. Wife deceives husband with substituted bedmate. |
K1843.2. Wife takes mistress's place in husband's bed. | ||
ATU 1380 The faithless wife | AT 1380 A Faithless Wife Wishes Her Husband Blind | K1553. Husband feigns blindness and avenges himself on his wife and her paramour. |
ATU 1381 The talkative wife and the discovered treasure | AT 1381 Man Discredits His Talkative Wife | J1151.1.1. Talkative wife discredited. |
ATU 1381B The Sausage Rain | AT 1381B Mother Protects Her Half-Witted Son | J1151.1.3. The sausage rain. |
ATU 1381C Buried Sheeps Head | AT 1381C Wife Talks About Her Husband's Crime | H472.1. Test of wife's ability to keep secret: the buried sheep's head. |
ATU 1381D Wife Multiples the Secret | AT 1381D Wife Embellishes Her Husband's Secret | J2353. The wife multiplies the secret. |
ATU 1381E Old Man Sent to School | AT 1381E Man Finds a Purse and Starts a School | NA |
ATU 1383 A Woman Does Not Know Herself | AT 1383 A Woman Does Not Know Herself | J2012.2. Woman's garments cut off: does not know herself. |
J2012.3. Woman in tar and feathers does not know herself. | ||
ATU 1384 The husband hunts for three persons as stupid as his wife | AT 1384 Man Seeks Someone as Stupid As His Wife | H1312.1. Quest for three persons as stupid as his wife. |
ATU 1385 A Foolish Wife's Security | AT 1385 A Woman Accepts Her Own Cow as Security | J2086. The foolish pawn. |
ATU 1385* Learning About Money | AT 1385* Woman Loses Her Husband's Money | na |
ATU 1386 Meat as food for cabbage | AT 1386 Feeding the Cabbage | J1856.1. Meat fed to cabbages |
ATU 1387 A Woman Goes to Get Beer | AT 1387 A Woman Draws Beer in the Cellar | J2176. Fool lets wine run in the cellar |
J2176.1. Fool tries to dry up spilt wine with meal. | ||
ATU 1387 A Woman Goes to Get Beer | AT 1387A Foolish Wife Throws Things Away (now ATU 1387 | |
ATU 1405 The Lazy Spinning Woman | AT 1405 The Lazy Spinning Woman | K1971.4.1. Wife behind tree advises husband against having his wife work. |
J2325. Husband made to believe that yarn has changed to tow through his carelessness. | ||
ATU 1406 Three Clever Wives Wager | AT 1406 The merry wives wager | J2301. Gullible husbands. |
K1545. Wives wager as to who can best fool her husband. | ||
J2317. Well man made to believe that he is sick. | ||
J2311.0.1. Wife makes her husband believe that he is dead. | ||
J2013.2. Man made to believe that he is a dog. | ||
J2314. Layman made to believe that he is a monk | ||
J2324. Wife persuades her husband to have a good tooth pulled | ||
J2315. Wife persuades husband that she has returned immediately. | ||
J2316. Husband made to believe that his house has moved during his absence | ||
J2312. Naked person made to believe that he is clothed. | ||
ATU 1407 The Miser | AT 1407 Miser Suspects His Wife of Eating Too Much | W153.2. Miserly husband spies on wife to see that she does not eat too much |
ATU 1407A "Everything" | AT 1407A Miser Gives His Wife Everything He Owns | K1155. Casual words uttered by dupe used to cheat him of his property. |
ATU 1408 The man who does his wife's work | AT 1408 The man who did his wife's work | J2431. A man undertakes to do his wife's work. |
J2176.1. Fool tries to dry up spilt wine with meal. | ||
J2132.2. Numskull ties the rope to his leg as the cow grazes on the roof. | ||
J2465.4. Washing the child. | ||
J1881.1.3. Three-legged pot sent to walk home. | ||
ATU 1408B Fault-Finding Husband Nonplussed | AT 1408B Woman Fills Her Husbands Request | J1545.3. Fault-finding husband nonplussed |
ATU 1410 Four Men's Mistress | AT 1410 Husband as His Wife's Confessor | J1545.2. Four men's mistress. |
ATU 1415 Lucky Hans | AT 1415 Lucky Hans | J2081.1. Foolish bargain: horse for cow, cow for hog, etc. |
ATU 1416 The mouse in the silver jug | AT 1416 The mouse in the silver dish | C324. Tabu: looking into jug. |
H1554.1. Test of curiosity: mouse in jug. | ||
ATU 1417 The Cut-off Nose (Hair) | AT 1417 Wife Who Put Another Woman In Her Bed | K1512. The cut-off nose. |
J2315.2. Gullible husb and made to believe he has cut off his wife's nose. | ||
ATU 1418 The Equivocal Oath (Isolde's Ordeal) | AT 1418 The Oath of Chastity | K1513. The wife's equivocal oath. |
ATU 1419 Returning Husband Hoodwinked | AT 1419 Woman and Her Lover Trick Her Husband | K1510. Adulteress outwits husband. |
K1521.2. Paramour successfully hidden in chest | ||
ATU 1419B Animal in the Chest | AT 1419B Woman Substitutes an Animal for her Captured Lover | K1515. The animal in the chest. |
ATU 1419C One-Eyed Husband | AT 1419C Husband with One Eye | K1516. The husband's good eye covered. |
K1516.1. The husband's good eye treated. | ||
ATU 1419D Lovers as Pursuer and Fugitive | AT 1419D Two Lovers Pretend to be a Murderer and His Fugitive | K1517.1. The lovers as pursuer and fugitive |
ATU 1419G Clergyman's Breeches | AT 1419G Priest's Breeches | na |
ATU 1419H Woman Warns Lover of Husband by Singing Song | AT 1419H Woman Warns Her Lover with a Song | K1546.1. Woman warns lover of husband by singing song. |
ATU 1420C Borrowing from the Husband and Returning to the Wife | AT 1420C Borrowing Money From a Lover's Husband | K1581.3. Lover's gift regained: borrowing from the husband and returning to the wife. |
ATU 1420A The Broken (Removed) Article | AT 1420E Buying Love with Fur Coat (now ATU 1420A) | K1581.1. Lover's gift regained: the broken (removed) article. |
ATU 1422 Parrot Report's Wifes Adultery | AT 1422 The Parrot and the Adulterous Woman | J1154.1. Parrot unable to tell husband details as to wife's infidelity |
ATU 1423 The Enchanted Pear Tree | AT 1423 The Enchanted Tree | K1518. The enchanted pear tree. |
ATU 1424 Friar Adds Missing Nose | AT 1424 Curing an Unborn Child | K1363.2. Friar adds missing nose (fingers) to unborn child: foetus is imperfect and he will substitute for absent husband. |
ATU 1424* Wife Recovers What Her Husband First Found and Then Lost | AT 1424* Woman Assumes a Vulgar Name | NA |
ATU 1425 Putting the Devil into Hell | AT 1425 Putting the Devil into Hell | K1363.1. Putting the Devil in Hell. |
ATU 1425B* Why the Seventh Child has Red Hair | AT 1425B* You're Not Related to Your Father | na |
ATU 1430 Man and His Wife Build Air Castles | AT 1430 Air Castles | J2060. Absurd plans. Air-castles. |
J2060.1. Quarrel and fight over details of air-castles. | ||
J2061. Air-castle shattered by lack of forethought. | ||
J2061.1. Air-castle: the jar of honey to be sold. | ||
J2061.2. Air-castle: pail of milk to be sold. | ||
J2061.1.2. Air-castle: basket of eggs to be sold. | ||
ATU 1430A Foolish Concerns for an Unborn Child | AT 1430A Foolish Concerns for an Unborn Child | J2060.1. Quarrel and fight over details of air-castles. |
ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 1440 Substituted Animal | AT 1440 Horse Instead of a Bride | J1615. That which was promised him |
ATU 1443* Pillow Too High | AT 1443* Man Who Could Not Jump Over a Pillow | NA |
ATU 1374* Woman Who Does Not Know How to Bake Bread | AT 1445* Kneading Dough (now ATU 1374*) | J2499.1. "Till the front sweats." |
ATU 1450 Clever Elsie | AT 1450 Clever Elsie | J2063. Distress over imagined troubles of unborn child. |
ATU 1451 The Thrifty Girl | AT 1451 A suitor chooses the thrifty girl | H381.1. Bride test: making dress from wasted flax. |
ATU 1452 Thrifty Cutting the Cheese | AT 1452 Choosing a Bride by How She Cuts Cheese | H381.2. Bride test: thrifty cutting of cheese. |
ATU 1453 Key in Flax Reveals Laziness | AT 1453 The Key in the Flax | H382.1. Bride test: key in flax reveals laziness. |
ATU 1456 The blind fiancée | AT 1456 The Blind Fiancée | K1984.5. Blind fiancée betrays self |
K1225. Lover given rump to kiss | ||
ATU 1459** Keeping up appearances | AT 1459** Girls Family Puts on Show of Welath | K1984. Girls keep up appearances to deceive suitors as to their desirability |
ATU 1462 The unwilling suitor advised from the tree | AT 1462 Suitor Pretends to Be an Angel | K1971.6. Girl behind the tree advises the unwilling suitor |
ATU 1476 Prayer for a Husband | AT 1476 Prayer for a Husband | K1971.9. Sexton behind statue tells old maid praying for a husband to raise her foot to her neck. |
ATU 1476A Prayer to Christ Child's Mother | AT 1476A Praying to a Statue's Mother | NA |
ATU 1476B Old Maid Married to a Devil | AT 1476B Girl Who Married the Devil | G303.12.5. Devil marries girl. |
ATU 1479* Old Maid on the Roof | AT 1479* An Old Woman Stays Out All Night | X753. A youth promises to marry an old maid if she will sit all night on the roof |
ATU na | AT 1500 Old Woman's Cure (new classification Ashlimann) | na |
ATU 1510 Matron of Ephesus | AT 1510 Widow of Ephesus | K2213.1. Matron of Ephesus. |
ATU 1516* Marriage as Purgatory | AT 1516B* Marriage as a Substitute for Purgatory (now ATU 1516*) | T251.0.2. Christ, not having married, knew nothing about suffering |
T251.0.1. Man ejected from heaven for folly of marrying twice. |
ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 1525 The Master Thief | AT 1525 The Master Thief | K301. Master thief. |
ATU 1525A Tasks for a Thief | AT 1525A Stealing a Horse, Sheet, and Parson | K301.1. Youth learns robbery as a trade: boasts of it. |
H1151. Theft as a task. | ||
H1151.2. Task: stealing twelve horses out of stall. | ||
K332. Theft by making owner drunk | ||
H1151.3. Task: stealing sheet from bed on which person is sleeping. | ||
K362.2. Ring to put on corpse's finger | ||
ATU 1525D Theft by Distracting Attention | AT 1525D Thief's Bait | K341.6. Shoes dropped to distract owner's attention. |
K341.3. Thief distracts attention by apparently hanging (stabbing) himself. | ||
K341.7. Animal's cry imitated to distract owner's attention from his goods. | ||
ATU 1525G Thief in Disguise | AT 1525G Thief Assumes a Disguise | K311. Thief in disguise |
ATU 1525E Thieves Steal from One Another | AT 1525H Thieves Rob Each Other (now ATU 1525E) | K306. Thieves steal from each other. |
L142.1. Pupil surpasses thieves in stealing. | ||
J1516. Rogues exchange objects and cheat each other | ||
K307.1. One thief hides in money bag; other carries it off. | ||
ATU 1525Z* Other Tales of Theft | AT 1525J* Thief Leaves Food he thinks is Poisoned (now ATU 1525Z*) | na |
ATU 1525M Sheep in the Cradle | AT 1525M Hiding a Stolen Sheep in a Cradle | K406.2. Stolen sheep dressed as baby in cradle, so that thief may escape detection. |
ATU 1525E Thieves Steal from One Another | AT 1525N Two Thieves Trick Each Other (now ATU 1525E) | K306. Thieves steal from each other. |
ATU 1525Q Two Thieves Married to the Same Woman | AT 1525Q Two Thieves with the Same Wife | NA |
ATU 1525L* Theft Commited While Tale is Told | AT 1525Q* Thief's Song (now ATU 1525L*) | K341.20. The story about theft. |
K341.21. The dance of the thief. | ||
ATU 1525R Robber Brothers | AT 1525R Young Robber Tricks His Older Brothers | K308. Youngest brother surpasses elder as thief. |
ATU 1526A Supper Won by a Trick | AT 1526A Winning Supper by a Trick | K455.1. Supper won by trick: the mutual friend. |
K455.2. Supper won by disguising as an invited guest. | ||
ATU 1527A The Robber Disarmed | AT 1527A Tricking a Robber into Wasting His Bullets | K630. Escape by disarming (making pursuit difficult). |
K724. Dupe induced to waste his bullets, then seized. | ||
ATU 1528 Holding Down the Hat | AT 1528 Bird Under the Trickster's Hat | K1252. Holding down the hat. |
ATU 1529 Thief as Donkey | AT 1529 Thief Claims to have been a Donkey | K403. Thief claims to have been transformed into an ass. |
ATU 1529A* Exchange of Horses | AT 1529A* Winning a Bet by Eating Disgusting Food | na |
ATU 1530 Holding up the Rock | AT 1530 Holding up a Rock | K1251. Holding up the rock |
ATU 1533 The wise carving of the fowl | AT 1533 Dividing the Fowl | NA |
ATU 1534 Series of Clever Unjust Decisions | AT 1534 Justice Restored with Unjust Decisions | J1173. Series of clever unjust decisions: plaintiff voluntarily withdraws. |
ATU 1534A* Barber Substituted for Smith at Execution | AT 1534A* Substituting the Man to be Hanged | J2233.1.1. Men hang old bedridden weaver instead of young, valuable member of colony after the young man has accidentally killed an Indian. |
ATU 1535 The Rich and the Poor Farmer | AT 1535 The Rich Peasant and the Poor Peasant | na |
ATU 1536 Disposing of a Corpse | AT 1536 Disposing of a Corpse | K2151. The corpse handed around. |
ATU 1536A Woman in the Chest | AT 1536A Woman in the Chest | K2151. The corpse handed around. |
K2321. Corpse set up to frighten people. | ||
ATU 1536B Three Hunchback Brothers Drowned | AT 1536B Three Hunchbacks Plus One | N320. Person unwittingly killed. |
K1551.1. Husband returns secretly and kills unwelcome suitor. | ||
ATU 1537 The corpse killed five times | AT 1537 Killing a corpse | K2152. Unresponsive corpse |
K2151. †K2151. | ||
ATU 1538 Revenge of the Cheated Man | AT 1538 The Boy and the Cow Thieves | K713.1. Deception into allowing oneself to be tied |
K1825.1.3. Trickster masks as doctor and punishes his cheaters. | ||
ATU 1539 Cleverness and gullibility | AT 1539 Tricksters and Their Victims | K132. Wolf sold as a goat (sheep). |
K111.2. Alleged bill-paying hat sold. | ||
K113.4. Alleged resuscitating wand sold | ||
K111.1. Alleged gold-dropping animal sold. | ||
K131.1. Rabbit sold as letter-carrier. | ||
K112.1. Alleged self-cooking kettle sold. | ||
K1068.2. Teaching Latin | ||
K911.1. Sham death to wound enemies. | ||
ATU 1540 The student from Paradise (Paris) | AT 1540 The Man from Paradise | J2326. The student from paradise. |
K341.9.1. Thief persuades owner to take his place so he can go and catch thief: really steals owner's horse. | ||
ATU 1541 For the long winter | AT 1541 For the long winter | K362.1. For the long winter. |
J2460.1. Disastrous following of misunderstood instructions | ||
ATU 1542 The clever boy | AT 1542A Trickster Borrows a Horse (now ATU 1542) | K341.8.1. Trickster pretends to ride home for tools to perform tricks. |
K112.1. Alleged self-cooking kettle sold. | ||
K113. Pseudo-magic resuscitating object sold. | ||
J2401. Fatal imitation. | ||
K1321.1. Man disguised as woman admitted to women's quarters: seduction. | ||
K842. Dupe persuaded to take prisoner's place in a sack: killed. | ||
L161. Lowly hero marries princess. | ||
ATU 1542** The Maiden's Honor | AT 1542** Restored Virginity | K1363. Seduction of person ignorant of sexual intercourse. |
ATU 1543* The man without a member | AT 1543* Wife Gives her Husband Money to Buy a Better Penis | J1919.8. The man without a member: foolish wife gives her husband money to buy himself one. |
ATU 1543* The man without a member | AT 1543A* The Comb (now ATU 1543*) | J1919.8. The man without a member: foolish wife gives her husband money to buy himself one. |
ATU 1543C* The Clever Doctor | AT 1543C* Patient With No Sense of Taste | NA |
ATU 1544 The man who got a night's lodging | AT 1544 Gaining Lodging and Food by Trickery | K1981.1. Trickster feigns deafness and gets hospitality from miser. |
K258. Stolen property sold to its owner. | ||
K1572. Trickster makes woman believe that her husband is coming to punish her adultery. | ||
K942. Angry man kills his own horse by mistake. |
ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 1544A* Soldier's Riddle | AT 1544A* Soldier's Riddle | NA |
ATU 1545 The boy with many names | AT 1545 The Boy with Fanciful Names | K602. "Noman. |
ATU 1545B Boy Who Knew Nothing of Women | AT 1545B Boy Who Knew Nothing of Sex | K1327. Seduction by feigned stupidity |
ATU 1547* Trickster with Painted Penis | AT 1547* Seducing a Woman with the Promise of a Gifted Baby | K1398. The trickster with painted member. |
ATU 1548 Stone Soup | AT 1548 Nail Soup | K112.2. "Soup stone" sold. |
ATU 1551 The Wager that Sheep are Hogs | AT 1551 Buying a Cow as a Goat | K451.2. The wager that sheep are hogs. |
ATU 1555A Paying for Bread with Beer | AT 1555A Paying for One Item with Another | K233.4. Man orders a bottle of beer, then returns it and takes a loaf of bread instead. |
ATU 1555B Wine and Water Business | AT 1555B Trading Water for Rum | K231.6.2.2. Trickster fills his gallon jug half full of water, then has it filled with rum at the store. |
ATU 1556 The Double Pension (Burial Money) | AT 1556 The Double Funeral Money | K482.1. Husband and wife each receive money (from different persons) to bury the other, who is supposed to be dead. |
ATU 1557 Box on the Ear Returned | AT 1557 The Circulating Slap | K2376. The returned box on the ears. |
ATU 1558 Welcome to the Clothes | AT 1558 Man is Invited Because of His Clothes | J1561.3. Welcome to the clothes. |
ATU 1561 Three Meals in a Row | AT 1561 Eating Three Meals One After the Other | W111.2.6. The boy eats breakfast, dinner, and supper one immediately after the other; then lies down to sleep. |
ATU 1562 "Think Thrice before you Speak." | AT 1562 Think Three Times Before You Speak | J2516.1. Think thrice before you speak. |
ATU 1562A "The Barn is Burning" | AT 1562A House with the Strange Names | J1269.12. Youth announces fire in imitation of priest's metaphorical language. |
ATU 1562B* Dog's Bread Stolen | AT 1562B* Whole Loaf of Bread | NA |
ATU 1563 "Both?" | AT 1563 Servant Takes Advantage of his Master's Wife and Daughter | K1354.1. "Both?" |
K1354.2.1. Trickster asks husband for one thing and the wife for another. | ||
ATU 1565 Agreement Not to Scratch | AT 1565 Wager Not to Scratch | K263. Agreement not to scratch. |
ATU 1566A* Maids Must Rise Even Earlier | AT 1566A* Killing the Rooster That Wakes You | K1636. Maids must rise even earlier. |
ATU 1567 Stingy Household | AT 1567 Hungry Servant | J1341.1. Softening bread-crusts. |
J1341.4. Two eggs. | ||
ATU 1567F Hungry Shepherd | AT 1567F One Cow With Two Calves | J1341.6. Hungry shepherd attracts attention |
ATU 1567G Good Food Changes Song | AT 1567G Good Food Changes the Song | J1341.11. Hired men sing of displeasure with food; change song when food is improved |
ATU 1571* Servants Punish Their Master | AT 1571* Finding an Excuse to Beat One's Master | NA |
ATU 1572C* "Don't Contradict Me!" | AT 1572D* Accepting the Gift Not Offerred Seriously (now ATU 1572C*) | NA |
ATU 1574 The Tailor's Dream | AT 1574 The Tailor's Dream | J1401. The tailor's dream |
ATU 1575* Clever Shepherd | AT 1575* Servant Pretends to be an Angel | K1971.2. Man behind the tree threatens his debtor. |
ATU 1577* Blind Robber Paid Back | AT 1577* Blind Beggar is Robbed | N455.1. Overheard boast about hidden money brings about robbery. |
ATU 1579 Carrying Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage across Stream | AT 1579 Ferrying a Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage | H506.3. Test of resourcefulness: carrying wolf, goat, and cabbage across stream. |
ATU 1585 The Lawyer's Mad Client | AT 1585 The Lawyer's Crazy Client | K1655. The lawyer's mad client. |
ATU 1586 The Man in Court for Killing a Fly | AT 1586 The Fly on the Judge's Nose | J1193.1. Killing the fly on the judge's nose. |
J1833.1. Numskull shoots grasshopper which lighted on the shoulder of his friend and kills friend. | ||
ATU 1588** Cheater Caught by Seizing on His Own Words | AT 1588** Cheater Caught With His Own Words | K2310. Deception by equivocation. |
ATU 1589 The Lawyer's Dog Steals Meat | AT 1589 The Case of the Lawyer's Dog | K488. Lawyer's dog steals meat |
ATU 1590 The Tresspasser's Defence | AT 1590 Dirt in the Tresspasser's Shoe | K475. Cheating through equivocation. |
K2310. Deception by equivocation | ||
M105. Equivocal oaths. | ||
Q270. Misdeeds concerning property punished. | ||
J1161.3. Trespasser's defense: standing on his own land. | ||
ATU 1591 The Three Joint Depositors | AT 1591 The Three Joint Depositors | J1161.1. The three joint depositors may have their money back when all demand it. |
ATU 1592 The Iron-eating Mice | AT 1592 The Iron-eating Mice | J1531.2. The iron-eating mice. |
ATU 1592B Pot Has a Child and Dies | AT 1592B Pot That Had a Child and Died | J1531.3. The pot has a child and dies. |
ATU 1600 The fool as murderer | AT 1600 Substituting An Animal for a Corpse | NA |
ATU 1610 Sharing the Reward | AT 1610 Sharing Strokes with the King's Guard | K187. Strokes shared. |
ATU 1611 Contest in Climbing the Mast | AT 1611 Sailor Falls from the Mast | K1762. Bluff: climbing the mast. |
ATU 1612 The Contest in Swimming | AT 1612 The Contest in Swimming | K1761. Bluff: provisions for the swimming match. |
ATU 1613 "Playing-Cards are my Calendar and Prayer Book." | AT 1613 Playing-Cards as a Prayerbook. | H603. Symbolic interpretation of playing cards |
ATU 1617 Unjust Banker is Deceived into Delivering Deposits | AT 1617 Unjust Banker is Tricked into Repaying a Deposit | K455.9. Worthless chests offered to obtain credit. |
K476.2. False articles used to produce credit. | ||
K1667. Unjust banker deceived into delivering deposits by making him expect even larger. | ||
ATU 1620 The Emperor's New Clothes | AT 1620 The Emperor's New Clothes | K445. The emperor's new clothes. |
J2312. Naked person made to believe that he is clothed. | ||
ATU 1626 Dream Bread | AT 1626 Dream Bread | K444. Dream bread: the most wonderful dream |
ATU 1628* So They Speak Latin | AT 1628* Pretending to Speakl a Foreign Language | J1511.11. Boy pretends to speak only Latin. |
ATU 1635 Eulenspiegel's Tricks | AT 1635 Eulenspiegel's tricks | K300. Thefts and cheats -- general. |
ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 1640 The Brave Tailor (Seven with One Stroke) | AT 1640 The Brave Little Tailor | J1115.4. †J1115.4. Clever tailor. |
K1951.1. †K1951.1. Boastful fly-killer: "seven at a blow" | ||
K62. †K62. Contest in squeezing water from a stone. | ||
K71. †K71. Deceptive contest in carrying a tree: riding. | ||
K1112. †K1112. Bending the tree | ||
K63. †K63. Contest in biting a stone | ||
K18.3. †K18.3. Throwing contest: bird substituted for stone.
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K72. †K72. Deceptive contest in carrying a horse. | ||
K61. †K61. Contest in pushing hole in tree: hole prepared beforehand.
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K525.1. †K525.1. Substituted object left in bed while intended victim escapes.
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K1082. †K1082. Ogres (large animals, sharp-elbowed women) duped into fighting each other.
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K771. †K771. Unicorn tricked into running horn into tree
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H38.2.1. †H38.2.1. Tailor married to princess betrays trade by calling for needle and thread.
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K1951.3. †K1951.3. Sham-warrior intimidates soldiers with his boasting.
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K1951.2. †K1951.2. Runaway cavalry-hero. | ||
ATU 1641 Doctor Know-all |
AT 1641 Doctor Know-all
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K1956. †K1956. Sham wise man. |
N611. †N611. Criminal accidentally detected: "that is the first."
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N688. †N688. What is in the dish: "Poor Crab" | ||
K1956.1. †K1956.1. Sham wise man gives a purgative and helps find a lost horse.
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K1956.2. †K1956.2. Sham wise man hides something and is rewarded for finding it.
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K1961.1.3. †K1961.1.3. Sham parson: the sawed pulpit.
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ATU 1641C Gibberish Thought to be Latin |
AT 1641C Peasant Who Spoke Latin
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K1961.1.2. †K1961.1.2. Sham parson repeats same expression over and over or says a few words of Latin.
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ATU 1642 The Good Bargain |
AT 1642 The Good Bargain
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J1851.1.1. †J1851.1.1. Numskull throws money to frogs so that they can count it.
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J1852. †J1852. Goods sold to animals. | ||
J1853. †J1853. Goods sold to object. | ||
J1853.1. †J1853.1. Fool sells goods to a statue. | ||
H341. †H341. Suitor test: making princess laugh. | ||
K187. †K187. Strokes shared. | ||
J1151.2. †J1151.2. Witness claims the borrowed coat: discredited.
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ATU 1643 Money Inside the Statue | AT 1643 The Selling Goods to a Statue | J1853.1.1. †J1853.1.1. Money from the broken statue. |
ATU 1645 Treasure at Home |
AT 1645 Treasure at Home
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N531.1. †N531.1. Dream of treasure on the bridge |
ATU 1645A Dream of Treasure Bought | AT 1645A Dream of Buried Treasure | E721. †E721. Soul journeys from the body. |
E730. †E730. Soul in animal form | ||
N531.3. †N531.3. Dream of treasure bought. | ||
ATU 1650 The Three Lucky Brothers | AT 1650 Three Brothers Inherit a Rooster, Scythe, and Cat | N411.1.1. †N411.1.1. Cat as sole inheritance. |
N411.2.1. †N411.2.1. Sickle as only inheritance. | ||
N411. †N411. Object unknown in a country sold for a fortune.
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N411.2. †N411.2. Sickle sold for fortune in land without sickles.
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1651 Whittington's cat |
1651 Dick Whittington and His Cat
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N411.1. †N411.1. Whittington's cat. |
1651A Fortune in Salt | 1651A Salt In a Saltless Land | N411.4. †N411.4. Salt in saltless land sold for fortune. |
1652 The Wolves in the Stable | 1652 The Fiddler and the Wolves |
K443.5. †K443.5. Trickster entices wolves out of a stable by music: exacts money from their watcher for his carelessness.
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1653 The Robbers under the Tree | 1653 The Robbers under the Tree | K335.1.1. †K335.1.1. Object falls on robbers from tree. |
K1413. †K1413. Guarding the door. | ||
K335.1.1.1. †K335.1.1.1. Door falls on robbers from tree.
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K335.1.2.1. †K335.1.2.1. Corpse thrown among robbers frightens them from treasure.
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K335.1.1.2. †K335.1.1.2. Cow-hide falls on robbers from tree.
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K335.1. †K335.1. Robbers frightened from goods | ||
N612. †N612. Numskull talks to himself and frightens robbers away.
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1653 The Robbers under the Tree | 1653A Securing the Door (now ATU 1653) |
K335.1.1.1. †K335.1.1.1. Door falls on robbers from tree.
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1653 The Robbers under the Tree |
1653B Two Brothers in a Tree (now ATU 1653)
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K335.1. †K335.1. Robbers frightened from goods |
1655 The profitable exchange |
1655 The profitable exchanges
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K251.1. †K251.1. The eaten grain and the cock as damages.
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1657 How the Jews Were Lured Out of Heaven | 1656 Luring Unwanted Souls Out of Heaven | X611. †X611. How the Jews were drawn from heaven. |
1661 The Triple Tax |
1661 The Multiple Tax
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N635. †N635. The triple tax |
J2225. †J2225. Three reasons for not giving alms. | ||
1663 Deviding Five Eggs Equally between Two Men and One Woman | 1663 Deviding Eggs Among Men and Women |
J1249.1. †J1249.1. Dividing five eggs equally between two men and one woman.
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ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 1675 The ox (ass) as mayor | AT 1675 The ox that Learned to Talk | K491. Trickster paid to educate an ass. |
J1882.2. The ass as mayor. | ||
ATU 1676 Pretended Ghost | AT 1676 Sham Ghost is Frightened by His Victim | N384.10. Man playing ghost killed |
N384.11. Joker playing dead killed. | ||
K1682.1. "Big 'Fraid and Little 'Fraid." | ||
ATU 1676 Pretended Ghost | AT 1676A Sham Ghost if Frightened by a Monkey (now ATU 1676) | |
ATU 1676B Frightened to Death | AT 1676B Girl Who Died of Fright | N384. Death from fright. |
N384.2. Death in the graveyard; person's clothing is caught; the person thinks something awful is holding him; he dies of fright. | ||
ATU 1678 The boy who had never seen a woman | AT 1678 The boy who had never seen a woman | T371. The boy who had never seen a woman: the Satans. |
ATU 1681B Fool as Custodian of Home and Animals | AT 1681B Fool as Housekeeper | K1462. Washing the grandmother -- in boiling water. |
K1461. Caring for the child: child killed. | ||
ATU 1682 The Horse Learns not to Eat | AT 1682 The Horse That Ate Straw | J1914. Horse taught to live without food. |
ATU 1142 How the Lazy Horse Was Cured | AT 1682* Making a Stubborn Mule Go (now ATU 1142) | K1181. Hot tin under the horse's tail. |
ATU 1337C The Long Night | AT 1684A* The Long Night (now ATU 1337C) | J2332. Fool locked in dark room made to believe that it is continuous night. |
ATU 1685 The Foolish Bridegroom | AT 1685 The Fool's Courtship and Marriage | J2462.1. The dog Parsley in the soup. |
J2465.5. Clearing out the room. | ||
J2462.2. Casting sheep's eyes at the bride. | ||
ATU 1687 The Forgotten Word | AT 1687 The Forgotten Word | D2004.5. Forgetting by stumbling. |
ATU 1689 "Thank God They Weren't Peaches" | AT 1689 Gift That Was Thrown at the Giver | J2563. "Thank God they weren't peaches!" |
ATU 1689A Two Presents for the King | AT 1689A Two Presents for the King | J2415.1. The two presents to the king: the beet and the horse. |
ATU 1692 The Stupid Thief | AT 1692 The Stupid Thief | J2136. Numskull brings about his own capture |
J2461.1.7. Numskull told to steal something heavy brings millstone. | ||
J2461.1.7.1. Numskull as thief: tries to carry off grinding-stone when told by confederates to bring out heavy things. | ||
J2136.5.6. Foolish thief asks help of owner. | ||
J2136.5.7. Thieving numskull beats drum (blows trumpet, etc.) he finds in outhouse. | ||
J2136.5.5. Foolish thief cooks food and awakens household | ||
ATU 1693 The Literal Fool - the Burning of Lanka | AT 1693 Fool Takes Instructions Literally | J2450. Literal fool. |
ATU 1696 "What Should I Have Said?" | AT 1696 What Should I Have Said? | J2461. What should I have done (said)? |
J2461.2. Literal following of instructions about greetings. | ||
ATU 1697 "We Three; For Money" | AT 1697 "We Three; For Money" | C495.2.2. "We three" -- "For gold" -- "That is right": phrases of foreign language. |
ATU 1698 Deaf Persons and Their Foolish Answers | AT 1698 Deaf Man's Comical Answers | X111. Deaf men and their answers |
ATU 1698C Two Persons Believe Each Other Deaf | AT 1698C Shouting Match Between Two Who Think Each Other Deaf | X111.3. Two persons believe each other deaf. |
ATU 1698J The Misunderstood Greeting | AT 1698J Deaf Man's Memorized Answers | X111.5. Deaf man on the bridge. |
X111.10. "Good day." | ||
ATU 1698K Buyer and the Deaf Seller | AT 1698K The Foreign Salesman | X111.11. Buyer and deaf seller |
ATU 1699 Misunderstanding Because of Ignorance of a Foreign Language | AT 1699 A Foreigner's Comical Answers | J2496.2. Misunderstandings because of lack of knowledge of a different language than one's own. |
X111.7. Misunderstood words lead to comic results | ||
ATU 1700 "I Cannot Understand You" | AT 1700 "I don't Know." | J2496. "I don't know" thought to be a person's name. |
ATU 1705 Talking Horse and Dog | AT 1705 An Animal Talks Back | B210.1. Person frightened by animals successively replying to his remarks |
ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 1875 The Boy on the Bear's (Wolf's) Tail | AT 1875 Excaping from a Barrel by Seizing a Tail |
X1133.3. Man in barrel grabs wolf by the tail and is drawn out of danger
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ATU 1408C The String of Chickens | AT 1876 Chickens on a String (now ATU 1408C) |
X1267.1. Hawk flies away with geese on a line.-+
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ATU 1880 Riding on the Cannonball | AT 1880 Man is Shot from a Cannon |
X1852. Boy shot from a cannon.
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X1853. Boy with hat of butter, clothes of paper, etc.
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ATU 1881 Man Carried Through the Air by Geese | AT 1881 Carried Through the Air by Game Birds |
X1258.1. Lie: man carried through air by geese.
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ATU 1881* Parrots Fly Away with a Tree | AT 1881* Birds Fly Away with a Tree |
X1252. Lies about crows.
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ATU 1882 The Man who Fell out of a Balloon | AT 1882 Buried Man Digs Himself Free |
X1757. Rope of sand (chaff).
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ATU 1882 The Man who Fell out of a Balloon | AT 1882 Buried Man Digs Himself Free |
X1731.2.1. Man falls and is buried in earth: goes for spade and digs self out.
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ATU 1889 Munchhausen Tales | AT 1889 Munchhausen Tales |
X900. Humor of lies and exaggeration
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ATU 1889A Shooting off the Leader's Tail | AT 1889A Shooting off the Leader's Tail |
X1124.1. Shooting off the leader's tail.
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ATU 1889B Hunter Turns Animal Inside Out | AT 1889B Turning an Animal Inside Out |
X1124.2. Hunter turns animal inside out.
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ATU 1889C Fruit Tree Grows from Head of a Deer | AT 1889C Deer With a Fruit Tree as Antlers |
X1130.2. Fruit tree grows from head of deer shot with fruit pits.
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ATU 1889D Tree Grows Out of a Horse and Gives Rider Shade | AT 1889D Tree Grows Out of a Horse |
X1130.2.1. Tree grows out of horse and gives rider shade
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ATU 1889F Frozen Words (Music) Thaw | AT 1889F Frozen Sounds |
X1623.2.1. Lie: frozen words thaw out in the spring.
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ATU 1889G Man Swallowed by Fish | AT 1889G Another World Inside a Giant Fish |
X1723.1. Swallowed person is discovered in animal's stomach still alive.
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ATU 1889H Submarine Otherworld | AT 1889H Another World Beneath the Sea | NA |
ATU 1889E Descent From the Sky on Rope of Sand (Chaff) | AT 1889K Descending on a Rope Made of Chafe (now ATU 1889E) |
X1757. Rope of sand (chaff)
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ATU 1889L Split Dog | AT 1889L Split Dog |
X1215.11. Lie: the split dog.
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ATU 1889M Snakebite Causes an Object to Swell | AT 1889M Snakebite Causes an Object to Swell |
X1205. Lie: venom of animal (snake, hornet, bee) causes object to swell.
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ATU 1889N Long Hunt | AT 1889N Extraordinary Hunting Dog |
X1215.9. Lie: obedient or dutiful dog.
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ATU 1889P Horse Repaired | AT 1889P Horse is Cut In Two, Then Sewn Together | NA |
ATU 1890 The Lucky Shot | AT 1890 The lucky shot |
X1124.3. Accidental discharge of gun kills much game.
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ATU 1890F Shot Causes Series of Lucky/Unlucky Accidents | AT 1890D Ramrod Shot (now ATU 1890F) |
X1122.2. Lie: person shoots many animals with one shot.
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ATU 1890F Shot Causes Series of Lucky/Unlucky Accidents | AT 1890E Bent Gun Barrel (now ATU 1890F) |
X1122.3. Lie: ingenious person bends gun barrel to make spectacular shot.
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ATU 1890F Shot Causes Series of Lucky/Unlucky Accidents | AT 1890F Lucky Shot |
X1124.3. Accidental discharge of gun kills much game.
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ATU 1891 Catching a Rabbit | AT 1891B* Catching Hares with Snuff (now ATU 1891) | NA |
ATU 1891 Catching a Rabbit | AT 1893A* Two Hares Run Into Each Other and are Caught (now ATU 1891) |
X1114.1. Two hares run into each other and are caught.
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ATU 1894 The man shoots a ramrod full of ducks | AT 1894 Shooting a Ramrod Full of Birds |
X1111. Hunter shoots ram-rod full of ducks
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ATU 1895 A man wading in water catching many fish in his boots | AT 1895 Catching Fish In Wading Boots |
X1112. Hunter catches fish in boots while wading.
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ATU 1896 Man Nails the Tail of the Wolf to the Tree | AT 1896 Making an Animal Jump Out of Its Skin |
X1132.1. The nailed wolf's tail
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ATU 1900 How a Man Came Out of a Tree Stump (Marsh) | AT 1900 Escaping from a Hollow Tree on a Bear's Tail |
X1133.4. Man escapes from bee's nest on bear's tail.
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ATU 1910 Bear (Wolf) Harnessed | AT 1910 Wolf Harnesses Itself by Eating a Horse |
X1216.1. The wolf harnessed.
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ATU 1911A Horse's New Backbone | AT 1911A Horse With a Broken Back and a Sheep's Skin |
X1721.1. New backbone for the horse made from a stick
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ATU 1916 The Breathing Tree | AT 1916 The Breathing Tree |
X1116. The breathing tree.
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ATU 1920 Contest in lying | AT 1920 Contest in lying | X905. Lying contests. |
ATU 1920A "The Sea Burns" | AT 1920A One Lie Begets Another |
X908. Lie: sea has burned up
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ATU 1920B "I Have No Time to Lie" | AT 1920B No Time to Lie |
X905.4. The liar: "I have no time to lie today"; lies nevertheless.
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ATU 1920D Liar Reduces the Size of His Lie | AT 1920D Reducing the Size of the Lie |
X904.1. The liar reduces the size of his lie when his brother steps on his toes to remind him of his lying habits.
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X904.2. Liar reduces the size of his yarn when challenged.
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ATU 1920E* Seeing (Hearing) Enormous Distance | AT 1920E* Seeing or Hearing an Enormous Distance | NA |
ATU 1920F* Skillful Hounds | AT 1920F* Intelligent Dog |
X1215.8. Lie: intelligent dog.
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ATU 1920H Buying Fire by Storytelling | AT 1920H Exchanging a Story for Fire | NA |
ATU 1920H* Will Blow Out Lantern | AT 1920H* Lantern and the Fish | NA |
ATU 1927 The Cold May Night | AT 1927 The Cold May Night |
X1620. Lies about cold weather.
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ATU 1930 Schlaraffenland | AT 1930 Schlaraffenland (Land of Cockaigne) |
X1503. Schlaraffenland.
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ATU 1940 The Extraordinary Names | AT 1940 The Extraordinary Names |
X1506. The extraordinary names.
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ATU 1950 The Three Lazy Ones | AT 1950 Contest in Laziness |
W111.1. Contest in laziness
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W111.1.3. Man will not move in bed when water drops in his eyes.
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W111.1.1. Man lets legs burn in fire rather than move them.
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W111.1.2. Man will not lift knife to cut rope about to hang him
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ATU 1951 "Is Wood Split?" | AT 1951 Lazy Man Refuses a Gift |
W111.5.10. Lazy man asks if wood is split before he accepts it as a gift.
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ATU 1960A Great Ox | AT 1960A Giant Animal |
B871.1.1.1. Giant ox.
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ATU 1960A Great Ox | AT 1960A Giant Animal |
B875.1. Giant serpent.
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ATU 1960A Great Ox | AT 1960A Giant Animal |
B871.1.3. Giant sheep
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ATU 1960A Great Ox | AT 1960A Giant Animal |
B871.1.6. Giant cat
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ATU 1960B Great Fish | AT 1960B Giant Fish | B874. Giant fish. |
ATU 1960D Great Vegetable | AT 1960D Giant Vegetable |
X1401. Lie: the great vegetable.
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ATU 1960F Great Kettle | AT 1960F Giant Kettle |
X1031.1.1. Lie: The great kettle.
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ATU 1960G Great Tree | AT 1960G Giant Plant |
F54. Tree to upper world.
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ATU 1960H Great Ship | AT 1960H Giant Ship |
X1061.1. Remarkable size of great ship.
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ATU 1960J Great Bird | AT 1960J Giant Bird | B31.1. Roc. |
ATU 1960M Great Insects | AT 1960M Giant Insects |
X1280. Lies about insects.
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ATU 1960 Great Animal or Object | AT 1960Z Giant Objects (now ATU 1960) | Miscellaneous Type |
ATU 1962 My Father's Baptism (Wedding) | AT 1962 At My Father's Baptism | NA |
ATU 1962A Great Wrestlers | AT 1962A Intimidating an Opponent |
F531.3.4.1. Giant eats a thousand cattle.
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F531.6.8.3.3. Giants wrestle with each other
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ATU 1965 Disabled Comrades | AT 1965 Knoist and his Three Sons |
X1791. Lie: deaf, dumb, blind, and lame men catch hare
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